bacterium

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"It is not just the bacterium itself that seems interesting. It is the bacterium in interaction with the virus it carries," he explains.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

For years, researchers have linked one specific bacterium, Bacteroides fragilis, to colorectal cancer.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

However, this connection has been difficult to explain because the same bacterium is also found in most healthy individuals.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

One lowly bacterium possesses a flagellum—a tiny tail or rotor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

How might a bacterium even “know,” or sense, that the sugar source had been switched?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee